Page 22 - Lithographed Stamps of North Borneo

1883-86: Foreign Mail ftöm North Borneo

Up to November 1886 mait to mo:st fnreign deminarions reqoi~.d stamps (which were available
at the North Bomeo post offices) of the port of transit, Hong Kong, Labuan, or Singapore
(Straits Settlements) as weil as North Bomeo stamps. Only a handful of the resulting
combination covers bave surviv~ the most notable of these are the 'Locke Correspondence'
Photocopy of a double weight letter from Elopura (later renamed Sandakan) to London
The. North Bomeo {stamps cance!!ed wt!b oval ofbats) t.'1e Stra..its Settlements sta.wnps wit..h the
Singapore double circle, cover bears Elopura c.d.s. (JA 28 1884) and Singapore P AID (FE 4 84)

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Combination Piece. Sandakan 1883/4 (ex Dr. F.E. Wood, Cdr. M.S.L. Bumett and P . .K.. Cassels)
The 2c ofNorth Bomeo (probably ftom Transfer A) cancelled with the bottom half of the very scarce Sandakan
double circle (Proud D2), the Straits Settlements IOc on 6c provisional (issued 1881)
with the Singapore obliterator. 2c + I Oe is the ~rate to the UK.. • .•

Combination Piece. Sandakan 11 Jan 1886 (ex. P.K. Cassels}
The 2c ofNorth Bomeo from Transfer C) cancelled with the oval of 14 bar (Proud K2), the Straits Settlements 8c
(issued 1882) with the Singapore double circle. 2c +Sc is the letter rate to all P.U. countries.
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